Sakana AI is a frontier AI research and development company that builds nature-inspired AI models and enterprise solutions for Japan's public and private sectors. Sakana AI's Twitter Score is 103 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #7,007 (top 5%) among 497,973 tracked accounts.
Sakana AI was co-founded by David Ha as Co-Founder and CEO, Ren Ito as Co-Founder and Chairman, and Llion Jones as Co-Founder and CTO. The company's research portfolio spans projects including The AI Scientist, Darwin Gödel Machine, Evolutionary Model Merge, AB-MCTS, ShinkaEvolve, and the Continuous Thought Machine, alongside user-facing products such as Sakana Chat, Sakana Marlin, and Sakana Fugu.
Sakana AI announced a Series A round of approximately $200 million in September 2024, led by New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures, and Lux Capital, with participation from Translink Capital, 500 Global, and NVIDIA. That announcement also disclosed a collaboration with NVIDIA covering research, infrastructure, and AI community building. A subsequent Series B brought cumulative funding to approximately 66 billion yen, per the company's own disclosure, with a post-money valuation of approximately 432 billion yen. Sakana AI also works with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Daiwa Securities Group, and develops applied AI for sectors including finance, defense, intelligence, and manufacturing.
Sakana AI has 140,962 followers as of October 2026 and has published 1,438 posts. The account has been mentioned by 104 accounts a total of 302 times.
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